Pistol-bayonet.



A. G. M. PANSA. E

PISTOL BAYONET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1,917.

Patented June 26, 1917.

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ANDREA GABRIELE MICHELE PAN SA, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

PISTOL-RAYON ET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application led May 3, 1917. Serial No. 166,171.

To all whomz't may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, ANDREA GABRIELE MICHELE PANsA, a native of Italy,residing at Bristol, in the county of Bristol and State ,of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PistoLBayonets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In the construction and use of a pistol or other small firearm having abayonet, it is desirable and necessary that the bayonet may be easilyand quickly thrown into either its operative or inoperative positionsand securely locked in either position. It is also desirable that whenthe bayonet is in its operative position it should be in the bestpossible position for use and when not in use it should be held in themost out of the way position possible, without removing` the same fromthe pist-ol, so that the bayonet may be brought quickly into use whenrequired. It should also be so placed as-not to interfere in any waywith the operation of firing the pistol, when the bayonet is in eitherposition.

The object of my invention is to provide a pistol or other small ire-armwith a bayonet having all of the above desirable features and in whichall undesirable features are entirely eliminated.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction 01"' apistol bayonet adaptable for use -on all kinds of small lire-arms, saidpistol bayonet having details of construction, as will be more fully setforth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side view of a pistol in the form of a revolver providedwith my improved pistol bayonet and showing the bayonet in the Vopenposition for use in full lines and the inoperative or closed position inbroken lines.

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the handle portion and showing theconstruction of the bayonet, and

F ig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on line 3, 3 ofFig. 1 through the pistol barrel and bayonet guard and showing the meansof locking the bayonet in the closed position. i. v

In the -drawing 5 indicates a conventional form of a pistol and 6 myimproved pistol bayonet. The pistol has the usual handle 7 and barrel 8.My improved pistol bayonet 6 consists of a hand member 9 shaped toconform to the hand and to go over the handle 7 of the pistol as shown.Itis secured to the handle ofthe pistol in any well known way or mayform a part of the handle. A blade 10 forming, the bayonet proper isconstructed to have a pointed end 11, a notch 12 in the side adjacentthe pointed end, a

edge adjacent the butt end and pivotally secured off center by a pin 15in a slot 16 to the butt end of the hand member 9. The slot 16 opensoutward and at its inner end and has a flat bottom 17 abutting againstthe square butt end 13 of the blade 10, when the blade is in its openposition, as shown in Fig. 2. `A locking lever 18. held in its normalposition under spring tension, as shown, is pivotally secured by a pin19 to and in the hand member 9 and has a beveled catch or locking` end20 which enters the notch 14 to lock the blade in its open position andan operating or thumb end 21 which extends out of the top portion of thehand member 9 in a convenient position for operation. A bifurcated guard22 is secured to the underside of the muzzle end of the barrel 8 intowhich the pointed end 11 of the blade is held, when closed by a catchlever 23, held in its normal position under spring tension, as shown,and having an'inner beveled catch or locking end 24, which enters thenotch 12 in the blade 10 and holds the end of the blade in the guard,when the blade is in the closed position, and an outer releasing end 25which extends through a slot in the side of the guard, as shown in Fig.3.

lVhen it is desired or necessary to use the bayonet the end 25 of thecatch 23 is pressed inward thereby releasing the bayonet which dropsdownward into its open position, as sh-own in full lines in Fig. 1. Thelocking end 2O of the locking lever 18 now snaps into the notch 14 andwith the bottom 17 of the slot 16 rmly holds the bayonet in the openposition. `With the position of the hand in grasping the handle of thepistol for liring the bayonet is now in the best possible position foruse. When not in use the bayonet is closed by pressing the thumb on thethumb end 21-of the locking lever 18 thereby unlocking the bayonet byreleasing the locking end 20 from the notch 14 in the bayonet, the endof which is then swung into the guard 22 and locked in the guard by thelocking end 24 of the spring catch 23 snapping into the notch 12 in thebayonet.

By this construction the bayonet may be Y square butt end vv13, a notch14 in the outer quickly opened for use. It is in the bestV strongly andrigidly held in the open posi-l tion When in use and it can bc modifiedfor use on any kind of a small ire-arm.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new: l

1.,In a pistol bayonet, a pistol having a barrel and a handle, a bayonethaving a pointed end and a butt end, a guard on the pistol barrel, meansfor pivotally securing the butt end of the bayonet to the end of thepistol handle, means for locking the bayonet in the open position andmeans for detachably securing the pointed end of the Vbayonet in theguard, in the closed position.

2. In apistol bayonet, a pistol having a barrel and a. handle, a bayonethaving a pointed end and a butt end, means for pivotally securing thebutt end of the bayonet Ato the end of the pistol. handle, a guard onthe underside of the pistol barrel, means for locking the bayonet in theopen position and means for detachably securing the pointed end of the'bayonet in the guard, inthe closed position.

3. In a pistol bayonet, a pistol having a barrel and a handle, a bayonethaving a pointed end and a transverse butt end, means for pivotallysecuring the butt end of the bayonet to the end of the pistol handle, aguard on the underside of the barrel adj acent the muzzle of the barrel,means for locking the butt end of the bayonet in the open position andmeans for detachably securing the pointed end of the bayonet in theguard, in the closed position.

1. In a pistol bayonet, a pistol having a barrel and a handleapproximately at right Aangles to the barrel, a bayonet having a pointedend and asquared 0E butt end, means for pivotally securing the butt endof the bayonet to the end of the pistol handle, a guard on the undersideof the barrel adjacent the muzzle, means for unlocking or locking thebutt end of the bayonet to the handle and means for detachably securingthe pointed end of the bayonet in the guard.

5. In a pistol bayonet, a pistol having a barrel and a handle atapproximately right angles to the barrel, a bayonet having a pointedend, a notch in the side adjacent thepointed end, a squared off buttend, a

notch in its edge adjacentV the butt end, means for pivotally securingthe butt end of the bayonet to the end of the pistol hanright angles tothe barrel, of a pistol bayonet having a pointed end, a notch` in theside adjacent the pointed end, a squared ofl' butt end, a notch in itsedge adjacent the butt end, means for pivotallyV securing the butt end,0E center, to the end of thc pistol handle, a locking lever having alocking end adapted to engage with the notch in the edge of the bayonetand lock the bayonet in the open position, and a thumb end extendingoutward from the top of the handle, a guard on the underside of thebarrel adjacent the muzzle, and a. spring catch in the guard having anouter projecting end, and

an inner end adapted to engage with the.

notch adjacent the point of the bayonet and detachably secure thepointed end of the bayonet in the guard.

7. rIhe combination with a pistol having a handle 7 and a barrel 8, of apistol bayonet consisting of a hand member 9 shaped to conform to thehand and to go over the hanf dle 7, a blade 10 forming the bayonetproper and having a pointed end 11, a notch 12 in the side adjacent thepointed end, a square butt end 13, a notch 14. in the edge adjacent thebutt end and pivotally secured off center by a pin 15 in a slot 16 tothe butt end of the hand member 9, the slot 16 opening outward and atits inner end and having a flat bottom adapted to abut against thesquare butt end of the blade 10, a locking lever 18 held in its normalposition under spring tension and pivotally secured by a pin 19 to andin the hand member 9 Vand having a beveled locking end 2O and a thumbend 21 extend on the underside of the barrel 8 adjacent the muzzle, acatch lever pivotally heldin its normal position under spring tensionand having an inner beveled locking end 24:, and an outer releasing end25 Which extends through a slot in the side of the guard, as described.f

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ANEEEA GABRIELE MICHELE EANSA,

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